Moving-picture machine.



NoR 849,499.

'E.J.RBOTOR. -MOVINQPIGTURE' MACHINE. l

APPLICATION FILED 'JULY 20, '1906.

PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

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PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

R. J. RRCTCR. MOVING RICTURR MACHINE.

APPLIGATION'FILD JULY 20,1906'.

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E. J. RECTOR. I IMOVING PICTURE MACHINE.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1906.

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lNOCll J. RECTOR, OF NE'W `YO1tK,-N.

COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW) YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

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Patented April 9, 1907.

Application ,tiled July 20,1906- Serial No.. 326.974.

To all when?, it Hwy conern:

Be it known that 1, 'ENOCH J. RECTOR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have .invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Moving-Picture Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to machines for exhibitingf pictures ot an object or seene taken successively and from the same viewpoint, one object oi' the invention being to simplify and improve the mechanism.

Another object is to lengthen the, time ot exposure and to shorten the time required to shift from one picture to another.

Another object `is to avoid the disagreeable flicker hitherto presentl in projectingmachines.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention' consists of features of oonstruetion, arrangements, and combinations of deviees hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The'invention is embodied in the apparatus illustrateddn the aeeomparnving drawings, forming' part hereof, in which* Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an elevation from the lett' in Fig. 1, showing on a larger scale the u rightI guide-plate and arts for moving the iihn. Fig. 3 is a side e evation from the left of Fig. 2. Fig. it is an`elevation from the right in Fie. 1, showing the film-moving; nieehanism. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are views illustrativo of the action of the hlm-moving mechanism. i

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 marks a suitable base as board on whieh the parts are mounted inn'ianners appropriate to eaeh.

2 designates an acetylene-gas lamp whose burner 3 is at the ioeus of a reflector 4, and marks 4a casingr for' preventing stray light, suelreasing being provided with a condensing-lens (not Shown) to focus the light on the opening l6 in the upright guide-plate 7. Focusing-lenses (not shown) are niounted in the teleseoping tubes S E).h The lmnp 2 and the easing,T are supported by the standards 1() and 11, respectively.

The plate 7 forms or may forni part oi the sheet-metal training 12, in which certain operating parts are mounted, said framing' thereon.

12 beingl bent up from one piece of metal. 55 The upright 7, in addition to the opening (i, is provided with an openingr 1.3 below .the opening (i, and between said openings 6 and '13 Said upright is provided with a tilindeileetor 14 for a purpose presently to ap- 6o pear. Tongues 15 are also formed from or are attached to the plate 7, and said plate 7 is also formed with lugs 16 and with ribs 17 lor the lihn 18 to run upon, the lugs being for a pur ose presently to appear. .In front of the tim 1S is a thin metal guide-plate 19, which is formed with ribs 20 and with an opening 21, which registers with the lightopening,r 6 aforesaid. 'lhe ends of the plate 19 are bent around at 22 to forni springs that 7o coaet with the spring-tongues 15 aforesaid to hold the plate 15) in )lace in a lyieldingr manner, with the iihn 18 held between the ribs 17 and 20, the lugs 16, which eoact with the edges of the plate 19, serving to prevent accidental displacement oi the said plate 19, while permitting.r of its ready removal as and when desired. Stillness maybeiin arted to the plate 19 by ineans of the side Yanges 23 The plate lllies wholly above the 8o delleetor 14. The top and bottom of the upright 7 are bent orcurved back toward the lamp 2 'for the purpose oi providing proper paths for the iilin 18, which passes under the easing,r 5 and under the lamp 2 and 85 in the forni of an endless ribbon about guides stuck in the holes of a block 23X, fast on the base-plate 1.

The iihn 18, as shown in the drawings, 1s provided with pierforations '24, and the.su c 9ol cessi ve pictures are located between said erl'orations (see reference 25)*that is, tiere are clear spaces with or without holes or pertorations therein between the successive pictures on the film. These clear spaces have the important function ol keeping the screen illuminated duriingy the whole time the -lihn is passing: and avoid ,the objectionable flicker or alternate light and darkness, the continuous light beiner far less, tionable to the eye than the alternate light. and darkness usual with machines of the Class to which this invention relates.

1n iront of the plate 7 is a shaft 26, journaled in the 'frame 12, and fast on said shaft 105 2t) aretwo disks 27. Awire or rod 28 is iornaled in said disks, and between said disks" lsaid wire 28 is bent into a U-shaped forn 0r or not even, objecroo an arrester 4for momentarily stopping the l orbital motion of said finger and causing it to move inwardly of said carrier to disengage it from said film. l

9. The combination of a pair of parallel arms, a shaft to which they are fast, a wire or rod journaled on said arms and, between said arms, bent outward, and, outside said arms, having an end projecting outward, a stop between said arms, and a spring forliolding said bent wire against said stop, with means coactiiig with said projecting end to arrest it nio- Inentarily.

10. The combination of a pair of disks or parallel arms,'a rotary shaft to which theyf are fast, a wire or rod journaledin said arms and, between said arms, bent outward, and, outside of said arms, having an end projecting outward, a stop between said arms, and a spring for holding said lient wire against said stop, with a fixed arrester coacting with said.: bent end to arrest the sanie momentarily.

11. The combination of' a pair of rotary disks, a wire or rod journaled in said disks and, between said disks, bent outward, and, outside said disks, bent into U shape transverse to the axis of rotation of said wire and having an end projecting outward, a stop on said disks i or said bent wire, and a spring for holdiiig'said wire against said stop normally, with means for momentarily arresting said projecting end to eause the bent film-moving part to withdraw from the film.

12. The combination of a pair of rotary disks, wire or rod journaled in said disks and,

betvi'een said disks, bent outward, and, out

side said disks, bent into U shape transverse to the axis oi motion of said wire and having that' end projecting outward, a stop on said disks for said bent wire, and a spring for normally holding said wireL against said stop, with a fined arrester coaeting withsaid projecting end to arrest momentarily lthe bent wire. i

13. A vertical plate provided with two openings, one above the other, and'witha .'ilm-defleetor between said openings, come bined with a film-moving finger 4having anv orbital motion and arranged to have rotary motion, and means whereby said finger is rotated to cause it to release the film.

14. A vertical plateg. provided with two openings, one above the other, and with a fi ni-1leleetor between saids'openings, two

spring arms on said plate, a 'film-guide plate having spring-arms engaging with the springarms :first named, lugs on the vertical plate for retaining said guide-plate in place above said delector,4 combined with means for` moving the illn. 'f l, 15. A vertical plate provided with two openingsonwetai)- ve the other and having its and provided with a ilrnfdeilector between said openings. Signed at'New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, this 6th day of June, A. D. 1906.

f ENoeH vJ. ancien. Witnesses:

A. T. STOUTENBURGH, R. W. BARKLEY. 

